President Putin is ready to show his willingness to make use of weapons of mass destruction with a nuclear check on Ukraine’s borders, Nato is believed to have warned its members.
The Kremlin has been signalling its readiness for a major escalation as Russia loses floor on the battlefield. Fears over Putin’s earlier hints that he may resort to such ways heightened yesterday with claims {that a} practice operated by the secretive nuclear division was destined for Ukraine.
Konrad Muzyka, a Poland-based defence analyst, mentioned the practice, noticed in central Russia, was linked to the twelfth major directorate of the Russian ministry of defence and that it was “liable for nuclear munitions, their storage, upkeep, transport, and issuance to items”.
The sight of the army provide practice on the transfer is seen as a sign to the West of the Kremlin’s willingness to think about all choices
A senior defence supply, nevertheless, mentioned